TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2342, 12 April 1892, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 8. The value of the imports for the United Kingdom last month showed an increase of £140,000, while the exports decreased £200,000. It is rumoured that the operations of a syndicate of makers of tops on the Continent have occasioned the rise in the price of wool. A £IOO,OOO 4 per cent, loan placed on the market by the British West Indian Government, averaged £lO2 3s 9d, and wa3 subscribed twice over. While the steamer Sudelop was nearing the wharf the passengers, of whom there were a large number, crowded on the side, causing the vessel to>capsize. Fifty of those on board were drowned. Outrages have been committed in County ualway, and on Lord Clanricarde's estate, Loughrea, fifty sheep have been found houghed. April 9. The proposal to insert a compulsory purchase clause in Mr Chaplin's Small Holdings Bill was rejected by a majority of 42. Owing to over-work during his tour through the States M. Paderwoski, the eminent pianist, has been attacked by muscular paralysis, and the doctors whom he consulted in New York and London have forbidden him to resume work before October. In consequence of this he is compelled to postpone his proposed Australian and New Zealand tour. Mr J. Munro, the new Agent-General of Victoria, has arrived in London. Lord Glasgow, the new Governor of New Zealand, has sailed for the colony. His Lordship's party numbers forty. Paris, April 8. Colonel Humbert states that the position of the French troops in the Soudan is desperate, and tiiey are unable either to retreat or advance. The Chamber of Deputies has voted three and a-quarter million francs for the representation of the nation at the Chicago Exhibition. Berlin, April 7. Emin Pasha requests Germany to regard Wadelai as outside the British sphere, and to allow him to dispose of the country. April 9. The German Government have refused to recognise Emiu Pasha's claims to Wadelai. Cairo, April 7. In his firman to the Khedive the Sultan of Turkey claims the Sinai Peninsula. April 7. The Sultan of Turkey has abandoned his claim to the possession of the Sinai Peninsula, owing to the firmness displayed by Lord Salisbury and the Khedive of Fgypt in dealing with his request. France and Russia are believed to have inspired the Sultan to oppose the Khedive's demand that he should be made acquainted with the contents of the Firman before it was read to the public. Cabul, April 9. The Afghans are boycotting the railway Station at Khojak. Calcutta, April 9. Malay rebels have murdered Messrs Stewart and Harris, two officers of the Pahiang Exploring Company. Both men came from Australia. Ottawa, April 9. The Commandant of the Canadian Militia, in his report to Parliament, says that the organisation of the force is deplorable, but that the personnel of the various corps is good. The arms used by the men are of an obsolete type, and the Dominion is actually without a single heavy gun of the modern class. He declared that a large portion of the armaments provided by England is use- ! less.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Sydney, April 10. The man McCroy, who was accused of being concerned in the death of a woman here, has been sentenced to death. Albany, April 9. The barque Kingdom of Saxony, which was driven ashore and sunk recently during a heavy squall, has been floated without injury. Brisbane, April 10. A sensational murder has been reported near town. A new arrival named Wismuller was found with his brains beaten out by a tomahawk. Frank Horrocks, aged 17, so.i of a well known member of the Civil Service, has been arrested on suspicion of being the murderer. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. London, April 9. The annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities was rowed to-day qvor the usual course on the j Thames, from Putney to Mortlake. Oxford won by two and a-half lengths. The time, which was 17min 21sec, is over two minutes faster than the time recorded last year. Oxford beat the record time at every point throughout the course.